Until 2052, twenty-year-old Ellis Bauer and everyone she loved lived peacefully in Horizon, USA. The walled, post-apocalyptic town seemed utopic after the chaos of global war two decades before.

Ellis escapes after learning how Earth’s last survivors settled in this human habitat. She thought she was running to a better world–one in which she could finally be free. Instead, she now must hide to stay alive or forfeit her freedom in exchange for protection.

Every person on the planet believes her to be either a criminal or a savior. Surrounded by loved ones who have deceived and betrayed her, Ellis struggles to sort truth from lies while searching for her identity in the ashes of the apocalypse called NEW EARTH.